Job Description

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Samaritans Purse is seeking a Ministry Safeguarding Officer to join our team at our International Headquarters location in Boone, N.C. You can be a part of a highly professional Compliance team. As a Ministry Safeguarding Officer you will be responsible for Samaritans Purse's coordinated global program to protect children and vulnerable adults from exploitation and abuse as well as workplace sexual harassment. Working globally across all Samaritan's Purse locations, the Ministry Safeguarding Officer will foster a work environment that minimizes the potential for abuse, exploitation of children and vulnerable adults, and workplace sexual harassment. You will partner domestically and internationally, across operational and functional teams, including Human Resources, Legal, and other key partners to develop and implement an enhanced and comprehensive Global Safeguarding Program for Samaritan's Purse, including training and awareness campaigns. Come and use your gifts daily to advance the Gospel!

A day in the life of a Ministry Safeguarding Officer:

At Samaritans Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do!  We start each day with a time of devotions and spend time praying for each other, our staff and volunteers who serve around the globe. 

In the role of Ministry Safeguarding Officer, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Jesus Christ
• Ensure prevention through the development of appropriate policies/procedures, trainings and communications.
• Implement prevention programs and initiatives at all levels of the organization. Continue development of beneficiary and staff reporting mechanisms.
• Work with Samaritan's Purse leadership to build investigation capacity for allegations of exploitation, abuse, and workplace sexual harassment. Ensure lessons learned and remediation following assessment, reviews and investigations are incorporated into enhancing program effectiveness.
• Conduct reviews and assessments of global operations to determine key risk areas, including cultural and safety considerations and work with leadership to identify program specific issues and methods to manage and mitigate risks.
• Ensure Samaritan's Purse has appropriate reporting mechanisms and coordinate with the investigation team on any recommended enhancements to the reporting system provided in Samaritan's Purses Whistleblower Policy.
• Provide training and advice to Samaritans Purse investigators, HR, Legal, and other staff conducting investigations into alleged abuse, exploitation, and workplace sexual harassment to develop capacity within Samaritan's Purse to effectively review and address such alleged misconduct. Liaise with internal leadership and investigators to incorporate investigation lessons learned into program enhancements, as appropriate.
• Conduct benchmarking with similar organizations and participate in industry roundtables on safeguarding issues to ensure that Samaritan's Purses program incorporates current and best practices for the protection of children and vulnerable adults and prevention of workplace sexual harassment.
• Follow policies and procedures of Samaritans Purse as set forth in the Policy Manual
• Attend daily morning devotions and participate in prayer support for the ministry, donors and volunteers
• Maintain a strong Christian witness to colleagues, vendors, charitable beneficiaries, and the general public
• All other duties as assigned

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Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university required in relevant field, such as Masters in Social Work (MSW) or related field experience; and 3-5 years of relevant experience with international non-profit(s) in humanitarian and development settings
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to develop and deliver training
• Ability to work in multi-cultural environments and challenging situations
• Ability to manage investigations and teams with an international scope
• Ability to work with vulnerable children and adults
• Thorough knowledge of investigations of sexual abuse and exploitation and workplace sexual harassment
• Through knowledge of investigation procedures and strategies
• Attention to detail in both written and oral communication
• Capacity building and change management skill set
• Ability to work in multi-cultural environments and challenging situations
• Ability to manage investigations and teams with an international scope.
• Through knowledge of investigation procedures and strategies
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals and write simple reports and business correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. 
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. 
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Nonprofit program management skills preferred
• Twelve credit hours of college-level Biblical studies preferred, not required

Job Location: Boone, N.C

Type: Full-Time

Language Requirement: Fluency in English (required)

Benefits:

• Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long-term and Short-term disability insurance
• Term Life Insurance
• 401 (k) retirement savings plan
• 10 paid holidays
• 12 vacation days
• 10 sick/personal days

Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement:

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Samaritan's Purse Statement of Faith:

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.  1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6.
• We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.  Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15.
• We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit.  Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:89; Titus 3:4-7.
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life.  John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10.
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment.  1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15.
• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church.  1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23.
• We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ.  Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15.
• We believe Gods plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society.  For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female.  Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9.
• We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism.  Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15.
• We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen.  Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10.
• We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person biological male or female. These two distinct but complementary sexes together reflect the image and likeness of God. Rejection of ones biological sex is a rejection of Gods merciful design and creative order.  Genesis 1:26-27;1 Corinthians 6:9; Deuteronomy 22:5